APUSH Chapters 18 & 19 Test Review
Political Themes
Throughout the 1850s what trend did political parties experience?
What was the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?
What was the campaign platform of the Republican party in the election of 1860?
When justifying secession, what document did Southerners use to back up their logic and reasoning?
In the mid to late 1850s, in order to try and maintain political unity, what tactic did both political parties
use?
What was the reason many Northern Free Soil Party gave for standing so squarely against slavery?
What was popular sovereignty? Why was it popular with politicians and the public?
What event brought the most turmoil to the administration of Zachary Taylor?
Why did the admission of California as a state concern so many Southerners?
What unusual element was a part of John C. Calhoun’s plan to protect the South and slavery?
Which group viciously condemned Daniel Webster for his Seventh of March speech? Why?
What unexpected event helped smooth the way for the Compromise of 1850 to pass?
What are the elements of the Compromise of 1850?
What actions did Northern states take in response to the Fugitive Slave laws included in the
Compromise of 1850?
What “tactical blunder” did the South make in regards to its demands for the Compromise of 1850?
What caused the fatal split of the Whig party in 1852?
Stephen Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory be settled by
what?
The Lecompton Constitution was written for which purpose?
For what reasons did the Republicans lose the election of 1856?
As late as 1856, why were so many northerners so willing to vote Democratic?
Who won the Illinois Senate seat in 1858?
What was Stephen Douglas arguing in the Freeport Doctrine?
Know who was running for President in the election of 1860 and what party they represented.
What actions did President James Buchanan take when southern states began to secede? Why?
What were Abraham Lincoln’s reasons for not backing the Crittenden Compromise?
Economic Themes
As a result of the panic of 1857, what did Northerners begin calling for?
Who did the panic of 1857 hit hardest?
Supreme Court Themes
Know the major elements of the Dred Scott case.
What were the results or consequences of the Dred Scott decision?
Social/Cultural Themes
What was the purpose of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin resulted in what movement gaining ground in the north?
Why was the issue of runaway slaves to important to the South?
What were the characteristics of a great many of the men traveling to California for the gold rush?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
During the 1850s, how did must slaves probably gain their freedom?
Hinton R. Helper’s book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that which group suffered the most
from slave labor?
The breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with which event?
What event in Congress showed just how dangerously inflamed passions over slavery were becoming?
What were John Brown’s goals at Harper’s Ferry?
Foreign Diplomacy Themes
What was the purpose of American interest in Asia in the 1840s and 1850s?
Who was the man who opened Japan to the U.S.?
How was the Pierce administration’s plan to gain control of Cuba foiled?
What was the name of the first diplomatic agreement between the U.S. and China?